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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Us Borax Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventors:

Amit Patwardhan, Wilmington, DE (US);

Sandip Shinde, Wilmington, DE (US);

Allen Wattenbarger, Wilmington, DE (US);

Daniel Suasnabar, Wilmington, DE (US);

Assignee:

US Borax Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 26/12 (2006.01); C22B 7/00 (2006.01); C22B 3/04 (2006.01); C22B 1/06 (2006.01); C22B 3/02 (2006.01); C22B 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 26/12 (2013.01); C22B 1/06 (2013.01); C22B 3/04 (2013.01); C22B 7/006 (2013.01); C22B 1/26 (2013.01); C22B 3/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of extracting lithium from a lithium-bearing material including: (i) mixing the lithium-bearing material, gypsum, a sulfur-containing material, and a calcium-containing material and forming a feed mixture having a moisture content of at least 20 wt %; (ii) drying the feed mixture to form a dried mixture having a moisture content of less than 20 wt %; (iii) roasting the dried mixture and forming a roasted mixture including a water-soluble lithium compound; and (iv) leaching lithium from the water-soluble lithium compound and forming a lithium-containing leachate by mixing the aqueous solution and the water-soluble lithium compound.


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